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‘Bored’ teens blow £80m in e-shopping spree

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Published Monday 15th December 2003 11:01 GMT

Three "bored" German teenagers blew a staggering £80 million (€130 million) in just two hours after they ran amok in an online spending spree.

Using stolen credit card details the trio bought airplanes, works of art, designer clothes, restaurants, industrial machinery, patents and sound systems.

They were arrested by police on Friday more than six weeks after carrying out their astonishing haul.

According to Reuters, when police asked them why they had done, they said they were bored. ®

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